“Part of what made the Macintosh great was that the people working on it were musicians and poets and artists and zoologists and historians who also happened to be the best computer scientists in the world.” PeopleWorldMadeArtistHappenedPoetComputerMusicianScientistPhilosophicalBeing The BestHistorianBest JobShamelessBusiness InnovationInnovation And BusinessDifferent JobsThink DifferentMacintoshZoologistMacintosh Computers Book:Motivating Thoughts of Steve Jobs Source: Motivating Thoughts of Steve Jobs
“Ultimately, it comes down to taste. It comes down to trying to expose yourself to the best things that humans have done and then try to bring those things into what you're doing. Picasso had a saying: good artists copy, great artists steal. And we have always been shameless about stealing great ideas, and I think part of what made the Macintosh great was that the people working on it were musicians and poets and artists and zoologists and historians who also happened to be the best computer scientists in the world.” PeopleThinkingWorldTryingHumansMadeIdeasDoneArtistInspiringHappenedPoetTasteComputerMusicianScientistStealingBest ThingsMemorableBeing The BestCopiesHistorianGreat ArtGreat IdeaGreat ArtistGood ArtShamelessGood ArtistMacintoshZoologist Author:Steve Jobs
“Only a small percentage of novelists, painters, musicians, scientists, anywhere in the world, are talented. But there are many more in Hollywood than one would expect from looking movies.” WorldMusicianHollywoodScientistPainterNovelistsPercentages Author:Hortense Powdermaker
“This is how many people become artists, musicians, writers, computer programmers, record-holding athletes, scientists... by spending time alone practicing what they love.” PeopleArtistRecordsComputerMusicianScientistAthleteSpendingProgrammersMe AloneSpending TimeAlone TimeComputer ProgrammersSpending Time Alone Author:Meg Cabot
“We are concerned, not with the development of just one capacity, such as that of a mathematician, or a scientist, or a musician, but with the total development of the student as a human being.” HumansHuman BeingsStudentsDevelopmentMusicianCapacityConcernedScientistJust OneMathematician Book:Life Ahead: On Learning and the Search for Meaning Source: Life Ahead: On Learning and the Search for Meaning
“I just like dealing with scientists for awhile and then going over and dealing with musicians for awhile. They both have qualities that kind of counterbalance each other.” KindQualityMusicianScientist Author:Jonathan Meiburg
“Musicians have the power to influence people and along with movie makers, they can reach and influence more people than any group of people, more than scientists and certainly more than politicians.” PeopleGroupsInfluencePoliticianMusicianScientistMakersInfluencing People Author:Paul Watson
“Scientists contribute in a variety of ways and I don't think I can singular one even including [Albert] Einstein, that I can say that he's the best. We don't work like the best basketball player and the best musician and so on. Science is a collective effort.” ThinkingWayI CanEffortPlayerBasketballMusicianScientistIncludingVarietyCollectivesBasketball PlayerBest BasketballCollective Effort Author:Ahmed H. Zewail
“The thing is, autism is a big spectrum. Going from folks who remain nonverbal, all the way up to, ya know, famous scientists and musicians. And we've got to work on strengths. We also have to work on teaching basic manners and skills.” KnowsWayBigsTeachingSkillsMusicianScientistFolksMannersAutismSpectrumNonverbal Author:Temple Grandin
“I feel very strongly that if you got rid of all of the autistic genetics you're not going to have any scientists. There'd be no computer people. You'd lose a lot of artists and musicians. There'd be a horrible price to pay.” PeopleIfsFeelsArtistLosesPayComputerMusicianScientistHorribleVery StrongGeneticsAutistic Author:Temple Grandin
“When kids look up to great scientists the way they do to great musicians and actors, civilization will jump to the next level” WayLooksKidsNextActorsLevelsCivilizationMusicianScientistLook UpNext LevelGreat MusicianGreat Scientist Author:Brian Greene